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Portuguese FM says Israeli settlements undermine Palestinian statehood
September 15, 2026 at 01:27 AM
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البرتغال: الاستيطان الإسرائيلى يقوض فرص إقامة دولة فلسطينية - اليوم السابع
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فلسطين والبرتغال توقعان عدداً من مذكرات التفاهم لتعزيز التعاون الثنائي - اليوم السابع
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البرتغال: الاستيطان الإسرائيلي يقوض فرص إقامة دولة فلسطينية
(opens the publisher’s site)Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said Israeli settlement expansion and economic pressures undermine chances for a viable Palestinian state.
- Rangel met Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin in Lisbon on Monday.
- Rangel called Israel's E1 settlement plan "very harmful," saying it would split the West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem.
- Rangel criticized Israel's withholding of Palestinian tax revenues as a "savage strangling" of Palestinian Authority finances.
- Israel announced last week it intends to close the British consulate in East Jerusalem in response to UK, French, and Canadian plans to ban settlement imports.
- The two ministers signed several memoranda of understanding to strengthen bilateral cooperation.
- Portugal is scheduled to hold a non-permanent UN Security Council seat for 2027-2028.